The 2023 FIDE World Cup is the biggest over-the-board knockout event of the year, and you can punch your ticket to amazing prizes just by predicting who wins!

GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi are among the top contenders, as is former world champion GM Magnus Carlsen, who is looking to win the title for the first time.

If you can accurately predict who triumphs in each match, you can win fabulous prizes including up to six months of Chess.com premium membership. Will you go with the favorites, or set your bracket prediction apart by including a shock underdog victory or two?

You have until Sunday, July 30 at 7:00 a.m. ET/13:00 CEST/16:30 IST to submit your entry into this competition. Predictions will be locked after the deadline, so make sure you don’t miss your chance!

How To Participate

Click the button above to go to the 2023 FIDE World Cup prediction bracket. You’ll see a bracket containing every player and their matchups. Predict who you think will win each match all the way to the final. You get points for every prediction that you get right. You win the bracket contest if you have the most points by the end of the tournament. 

Please make sure you submit your Chess.com username as part of your prediction. Doing this means we can ensure you receive your prize!

Prizes

• Overall winner: Six months of premium membership 
• Second place: Three months of premium membership
• Third place: One month of premium membership
• Random winner: One month of premium membership

To learn more about the 2023 FIDE World Cup and get some deeper insights to help with your predictions, check out our Events page. 

Note: This contest is void in all areas where prohibited by law.

Procedures for Contacting and Announcing Winners and Giving Out Prizes

We will be in touch with winners through Messages on Chess.com or via the e-mail provided in their submission.

Contact will be made within one calendar week after the contest ends.

If prizes are given out continuously throughout an event, contact will be made one week after the event ends.

In contests where winners are picked randomly from chats on Twitch, YouTube, and Chess.com, everyone who gave the correct answer will be raffled using software that will ensure an impartial and random selection of winners.

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NB: If you have received no contact after a week, you can claim your prize by contacting support@chess.com.